Wheelie pannier?

Qualitymark · 06-03-2015 3:41pm #1

Is there such a thing as a pannier or basket with wheels, like those little wheelie cases you take on planes?

thebouldwhacker · 06-03-2015 9:01pm

Do you mean a trailer
http://www.halfords.ie/cycling/accessories/child-bike-seats-trailers/halfords-single-buggy-child-bike-trailer

SomeFool · 07-03-2015 1:42am

Topeak do a pannier tote box with wheels if you have a google.

Qualitymark · 07-03-2015 11:33am

thebouldwhacker wrote: »

Do you mean a trailer
http://www.halfords.ie/cycling/accessories/child-bike-seats-trailers/halfords-single-buggy-child-bike-trailer

I do not. I mean a pannier you can stick your laptop in and cycle to the train station, and at the other end wheel it along to the bus.

SomeFool · 07-03-2015 11:38am

This is the yoke I was on about, don't know if it suits.

Lumen · 07-03-2015 12:46pm

They don't seem to exist, though there are lots of pannier/backpack combos. I presume this is because the mfrs reckon anyone physically capable of cycling is also capable of carrying a bag.

Qualitymark · 07-03-2015 2:24pm

Not really, SomeFool; still, that makes a second - the other one I've seen is by a company called Detours

http://www.fishpond.co.in/9999008773876

but it's also a bit big and chunky. Hmm. Pity those child wheelies they sell in Ikea don't have pannier hooks on them, they seem a bit smaller.

They may be right about cycling strength and bag-carrying strength, but the last time I went to Cork nearly kilt me - the cycle to the station was fine, but horsing the laptop (light and all as it is) around Cork and up and down its hills was awful, especially after i got lured into the English Market and added some cakes, etc.

In fact, that point reminds me of my mother's story of saving a drowning sailor in the Grand Canal in the 1920s; she was a kid of six or so, but as she said, he was floating so there was no weight to him. Same deal when you're cycling, you're pushing rolling weight, unless the wind or the hills are against you, and the weight makes little differ.

SomeFool · 07-03-2015 5:09pm

You could sign up for the cork bikes ans use the basket on them? Grand gearing on them too.

SomeFool · 07-03-2015 5:11pm

You could sign up for the cork bikes ans use the basket on them? Grand gearing on them too.

Qualitymark · 07-03-2015 5:12pm

I could. But what about when I'm in Wexford or Donegal or Moneygall?

beauf · 07-03-2015 5:14pm

You could simply get a normal bag with wheels and fix it to a carrier.

Qualitymark · 07-03-2015 7:11pm

beauf wrote: »

You could simply get a normal bag with wheels and fix it to a carrier.

I'm sorta kinda thinking of that at the moment, but I'm a bit nervous of trusting my precious laptop to such an arrangement.

beauf · 07-03-2015 8:07pm

I don't really know why you need this.

Is the laptop that heavy it needs to be wheeled.

Qualitymark · 07-03-2015 8:54pm

beauf wrote: »

I don't really know why you need this.

Is the laptop that heavy it needs to be wheeled.

Surprisingly, yes, if you're walking around towns, and if you're decrepit like me.

beauf · 08-03-2015 1:59pm

I hear yah.

You can get some small wheelie bags. Maybe a smaller laptop, would be easier to fit on a rack. Maybe even a shopper bike that has more cargo space.

Qualitymark · 08-03-2015 5:12pm

beauf wrote: »

I hear yah.

You can get some small wheelie bags. Maybe a smaller laptop, would be easier to fit on a rack. Maybe even a shopper bike that has more cargo space.

The problem isn't fitting it on a rack. The problem is if I want to get off the train at the far end and walk - for example, from the train station to a museum or university. That's when it gets too heavy for me, if I'm walking far. That's when I need wheels.

beauf · 08-03-2015 6:27pm

I meant finding a rack that will hold/take a normal wheeled bag. Neatly.

eeeee · 08-03-2015 6:29pm

Jansport bags have a lifetime guarantee, (I tested it when the zip went on my 15 year old one, they replaced it free of charge) maybe a wheelie one of these strapped with bungee's to the rack on the back of your bike?

http://www.jansport.com/shop/en/jansport-us/bags/wheeled-bags

I regularly bungee my normal Jansport backpacks to my pannier with bungees. The wheelie one's have a more solid spine so your laptop shouldn't get squished.

I feel your pain re carrying around the laptop. Mine really weighs me down too, I wouldn't carry it around al day. When ever I get to upgrade it I'm getting an Air!

thebouldwhacker · 09-03-2015 1:29am

If it's not a trailer you're after then perhaps get an iPad, a lot lighter

cdaly_ · 09-03-2015 3:38pm

gadetra wrote: »

Jansport bags have a lifetime guarantee, (I tested it when the zip went on my 15 year old one, they replaced it free of charge) maybe a wheelie one of these strapped with bungee's to the rack on the back of your bike?

http://www.jansport.com/shop/en/jansport-us/bags/wheeled-bags

By the look of them, you could use the shoulder straps to hang the bag pannier style without having to add modifications.

eeeee · 09-03-2015 4:12pm

cdaly_ wrote: »

By the look of them, you could use the shoulder straps to hang the bag pannier style without having to add modifications.

I have tried that but the bits at the end of the length adjusted always work free into spokes :eek: mine are regular backpacks though, the wheelie ones might be more stable with a stiffer spine so yeah, you're right, insta-pannier!

I do link the straps over the saddle around the seaport, that way it can't just pop off...my laptop has bounced off the back into the n11 :eek: (and survived. Thank you shock absorbing neoprene case!)

blobbie · 09-03-2015 4:19pm

How about something like this http://tinyurl.com/ozjpuyy ?

Qualitymark · 09-03-2015 6:29pm

Looks good, Blobbie - a bit heavy at 1.7kg (3lb in old money?) but might just do the job.

OldBean · 09-03-2015 7:28pm

Alternatively, if you're any way handy with a drill/awl/allen keys, you could wait until Aldi/Lidl sell Panniers again. Take them apart and remount onto a wheelie bag.

Or go completely DIY... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krgXlYxovic

It doesn't look that hard.

blobbie · 09-03-2015 8:25pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

Looks good, Blobbie - a bit heavy at 1.7kg (3lb in old money?) but might just do the job.

I think the 1.7kg is the "boxed" weight and the actual kart weight is 1kg (bag of sugar-ish).

The tax man · 09-03-2015 9:04pm

What about a Cordo trolley bag.
Available from Planet X

blobbie · 09-03-2015 9:29pm

Looks like the job

Qualitymark · 09-03-2015 11:49pm

Cordo looks like the job, though the Planet X version doesn't seem to mention a rigid handle?

blobbie wrote: »

I think the 1.7kg is the "boxed" weight and the actual kart weight is 1kg (bag of sugar-ish).

Ah, bag-a-siuicre sounds ok.

The tax man · 10-03-2015 12:51am

Qualitymark wrote: »

Cordo looks like the job, though the Planet X version doesn't seem to mention a rigid handle?

I was wondering why PX were calling it a trolley bag and with the lack of details on the site I went looking for the Cordo site for more details.
If it looks like it suits your needs give PX a shout and ask for confirmation on the handle.

Qualitymark · 10-03-2015 2:01am

The tax man wrote: »

I was wondering why PX were calling it a trolley bag and with the lack of details on the site I went looking for the Cordo site for more details.
If it looks like it suits your needs give PX a shout and ask for confirmation on the handle.

Thanks - but I think Blobby's trolley is my answer - I can put that in my ordinary pannier with the other stuff in it, and then take it out and unfold it to wheel the pannier along.

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